๑The Button - Neil Cicierega Fancic๑

as friends - pt. 5

-reader pov-
๑a weekish later๑

work was pretty easy today. I secretly had an earbud playing very quietly in underneath my hair so nobody could see, I'm not allowed to at work obviously but if no one found out... It's probably okay just this once.

I haven't listened to a lot of his music but.. between you and me from hip to the java bean has been feeling different

Everytime I looked at Neil he smiled sweetly at me and I kind of thought it was funny he didn't know I was literally actively listening to him sing.

My shift is over before Neils, its about 2:00 after the lunch rush and to be honest, we've been too busy to talk so I don't mind leaving for now

As I'm grabbing my bag he comes up behind me

"Hey.."
"Oh hi Neil!" I turn around and smile at him

I grab my bag and put it over me

"You're doing really good, this was your last day of training" he rolled up his sleeves

"Wait really? That's awesome. Thank God, I mean, now I get full pay so... That's cool." I replied

"You should celebrate.." he moved some hair out of his face

"I would but um... I don't really have any friends.. so.."

He crosses his arms and opens his mouth to say something before closing it and pausing

"Well uh..." He looks around

"What if...what if I took you out.. as- as friends, to celebrate. If- if you'd want to..?

I look at him. I try to figure out how to evenly express how excited I am without scaring him and without sounding like I'm uninterested.

A smile slowly makes its way onto my face, I look away

"Honestly that would be really kind of you. I.. would love to." I look back at him. We stared at eachother for a minute

"Oh uh- I didn't plan this far. Um.. when- when are you free?" He smiles in a different way then I've seen him before

"I'm kind of always free.. I don't have any plans." I say with a small laugh

"Um.. what about tonight?" He steps closer by an inch or two

"U-uh.." I zone out as I stare into his eyes

I zone back in, grabbing my phone from the counter and shoving it in my pocket

"Yeah I'm free, I mean... I.. um. Yes. I am." I pinch my arm behind my back to level out the serotonin running through me

"Alright... Well then, I'll pick you up at 6?"
"That sounds perfect...I'll text you my address" I pull out my phone

"No.. that's- that's fine.. I remember..."
I look up at him, he's looking down

"Right.." Im practically pulling my skin off out of sight. Normally it helps me to stay calm but it's definitely not working and I can definitely feel blood rushing to my face

I kind of zone out at him until he looks back up at me

He clears his throat "uh anyway...I better be getting back to work.. um.. enjoy the rest of your day" he points his thumb at the counter behind him

"Right.. sorry.. I'll be going.. enjoy your day too" I smile at him as he opens the door for me, I turn to wave at him as I walk away

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Did Neil just ask me out?

(Sorry for the short chapter. The next ones will DEFINITELY DEFINITELY be longer)